Grove's dictionary of music and musicians

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?th Fsalm. Marcello,
Aria, Son coQfusa(Foro). Handel.
From Der Tod Jeau, Oraus. He is my God (Israel in Egypt).
Te glorioaus (Te Denm). Do.
Do.
Overture to I Pellegrmi. Basse. Chorus, The listeningcrowd. Do.
Le Forte nol diaerra. Do. Do. Do. May no raah intruder. Do.
FeUegrino d 1' uomo. Do. Do. Double Chorus, He gave them
Overture to Faster Fido. Handel. hailstones. Do.
VOLUME III.
Fugue (In E). Bach.
Overture, Tolson D'Or. Vogel.
Ko.2ofthel2solosfoTthe Violin. Fart of Sonata 2. Tanhall.
Tartini.
Fartof Sonata 2, op.i9. Schobert.
Air, Fupillette vezzosette, from Minuet and trio. Sonata I, op. 5.
Ormisda. Vinci.
Do.
Air, liitelice abhandonata. Do. Part of Quintet 3, op. 12. Boc-
Concerto 6, op. 3. Geminiani. cheriul.
Concerto 2. Bicciotti.
Sonata 3, op. 23. Kozelnch.
Fart of Sonata 10. Faradies. Fart of Quartet 1. 8th set.
Hequiem. Jommelli.
Fleyel.
Chorus, Sant& Speme (Fassione). Do. 6, op. 8. Do.
Do.
Fart of Sonata 1, op. 12. Krump.
Sonata 3. Crispi.
Ps.rt of Sonata 4. Do.
holtz.
Do. 2, op. 11. HuUniandel.
Fantasia. C. F. E. Bach.
Do. 2, op. 4. Clementi.
Concerto for a full Band. J. C. Adagio from op. 11. Do.
Bach.
Fart of Sonata 4, op. 12. Do.
Overture to Iphig^nie en Aulide. Recordare from Bequlem. Mozart.
Oluck.
Chorus, Que d'attraits.
Benedictus from Do. Do.
Overture, Fierre le Grand. Overture, LeXozzedi Figaro. Do.
Gi^try.
Fart of Quartet 3, op. 76. Haydn.
Do. Don Qoichotte. Champigny.
Sinfonia, in Eb. Do. ^ jr
SPEYER, WiLHELM, composer, was born
June 21, 1790, at JYankfort-on-the-Main,
where he died April 5, 1878. He received his
musical education at Offenbach under Thieriot
(the friend of Weber) and Andre. He was
already a prominent violinist when he went to
Paris in 1812, to become a pupil of Baillot, from
whose instruction and from the acquaintance of
such men as Cherubini, Boieldieu, M^hul, etc.
he derived much benefit. Returning to Gei-many
afterwards, he settled down at Frankfort and
exchanged the musical profession for that of a
merchant, but continued to compose—at first
chiefly chamber music. He published string
quartets and quintets, and also violin duets,
which last became widely popular. He afterwards
devoted himself chiefly to vocal music,
and it is as a writer of songs that his name is
best known. Amongst his lieder—of which
he published several hundred—many, such as
'The Trumpeter,' 'Rheinsehnsucht,' Die ' drei
Liebchen,' etc., acquired great popularity. He
also wrote vocal quartets and some choral
works. G.
SPIANATO (Ital.), level, even. A word
used by Chopin in the Andante which precedes
the Polonaise in El>, op. 22, to denote a smooth
and equal style of performance, with but little
variety. F. T.
SPICCATO (Ital.), accurately 'separate,'
'distinct.' A term applied in violin-playing
to a particular vibratory style of bowing.
' Spiocato and ' Saltato ' are both explained
'
under the head of Springing Bow. g.
SPIES, Hermine, was bom Feb. 25, 1857, at
the Lbhnberger foundry, near Weilburg, Nassau,
daughter of the resident manager. She was
taught singing by Frau Fichtenberg at the
Conservatorium of Wiesbaden, by Sieber at
Berlin, and by Stockhausen at Frankfort. In
July 1880, while stUl a student, she sang at
the Mannheim Festival, and in 1882 she made
her dftut at a concert at Wiesbaden ;
in 1883
she sang in concerts at Leipzig, Berlin, etc.,
speedily establishing her reputation as an excellent
mezzo-soprano or contralto singer. She
also sang in Austria, Hungary, Holland, Denmark,
and Russia. On June 3, 1889, she made
her d^but in England at St. James's Hall at a
Richter Concert, when she sang Che ' far6 and
'
lieder of Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms.
She attracted immediate attention on account
of her fine voice and her excellent phrasing,
expression, and general intelligence. She confirmed
her success at her two recitals in a selection
of Schumann's ' Dichterliebe, ' etc. , also at
the Philharmonic, where she sang in English
Handel's 'Return, God of hosts,' etc. In
1892 she married Dr. W. A. F. Hardtmuth, of
Wiesbaden, a doctor of jurisprudence, and died
there Feb. 26, of the following year, to the regret
of all. She was unrivalled in her singing
the contralto part in Brahms's Rhapsody, op.
53, and in the lieder of the same composer. Her
reading of ' Vergebliches Standchen ' in particular
was a perfect work of art. A memoir by
her sister, Minna Spies, appeared in 1894. A. c.
SPINA, Cakl Anton. The successor of the
Diabellis in that famous publishing house at
Vienna, which for so long stood in the Graben,
No. 1133, at the corner of the Braunerstrasse.
He succeeded them in 1852, and was himself
succeeded by F. Schreiber in July 1872. During
that period Spina's activity showed itself especially
in the publication of Schubert's works, a
mass of whose MSS. he acquired from Diabelli.
Chief among these were the Octet, Quintet in C,
Quartets in D minor, G, and Bb ; the Overture
in the Italian style, those to ' Alfonso und EstreUa,'
'Fierrabras,' 'Rosamunde,'with Entr'actes
in B minor and Bb ; the B minor Sjrmphony,
Sonata for PF. and Arpeggione, etc., all in score.
Herr Spina's enthusiasm for Schubert was not
that of a mere publisher, as the writer from personal
experience of his kindness can testify. It
was he who allowed the Crystal Palace Company
to have copies of several of the orchestral works
for playing, long before there was sufficient public
demand to allow of their being published. g.
SPINDLER, Fritz, pianoforte -player and
composer for that instrument, born Nov. 24,
1817, at Wurzbach, Lobenstein, was a pupil of
F. Schneider of Dessau, and was for many years
resident in Dresden. His published works are
more than 330 in number, the greater part
brilliant drawing-room pieces, but amongst them
much teaching- music, and some works of a
graver character— trios, sonatinas, hvo symphonies,
concerto for PF. and orchestra, etc. His
most favourite pieces are—
' Wellenspiel ' (op.
6); Schneeglbcklein ' ' (op. 19) ; 'SUberquell'
(op. 74); Husarenritt ' '
; six dance themes;
"Transcriptions of 'Tannhauser' and 'Lohengrin.'
He died at Niederlossnitz, near Dresden, Dec.
26, 1905. G.
SPINET (Fr. jSpinette, Clavieorde ; Ital.